UNESCO: AI-supercharged neurotech threatens mental privacy

The UN’s agency for science and culture has started developing a global ‘ethical framework’ to address human rights concerns posed by neurotechnology, it said at a conference in Paris. — AFP Relaxnews

The combination of “warp speed” advances in neurotechnology, such as brain implants or scans that can increasingly peek inside minds, and artificial intelligence poses a threat to mental privacy, UNESCO warned on Thursday.

The UN’s agency for science and culture has started developing a global “ethical framework” to address human rights concerns posed by neurotechnology, it said at a conference in Paris.